Personal Reflective Statement: "You know, destiny is a funny thing. You never know how things are going to work out. But if you keep an open mind and an open heart, I promise you will find your own destiny someday." - Uncle Iroh

Personal Reflective Statement: "Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others." - Philippians 2:4 (ESV Bible)

Mendy Chen

General Field of Study: Social Sciences

Program of Study: Sociology and English

Undergraduate College: New College

Previous FITF Mentee/Mentor: Yes

Identity: Chinese-Canadian, Mandarin

Co-Curricular Interests: Music, reading, traveling

Personal Reflective Statement: "Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be."

Nabi Dressler

General Field of Study: Social Sciences

Program of Study: Political Science, Sociology

Undergraduate College: Woodsworth College

Previous FITF Mentee/Mentor: Yes

Identity: American, multi-racial, feminist

Co-Curricular Interests: Sociology research, editing for Synergy, working on textbooks

Personal Reflective Statement: "The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in." - James Baldwin

Sara Liu

General Field of Study: Humanities, Social Sciences

Program of Study: Economics, Education & Society, and English

Undergraduate College: Innis College

Previous FITF Mentee/Mentor: Yes

Identity: International student from China

Co-Curricular Interests: Badminton, frisbee, dancing

Personal Reflective Statement: "Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to.“

Yin Kot

General Field of Study: Humanities, Social Sciences

Program of Study: Criminology, Ethics Society and Law, Philosophy

Undergraduate College: Victoria College

Previous FITF Mentee/Mentor: Yes

Identity: Canadian citizen, and as I was a student at a British international school in Hong Kong, I felt like a Newcomer upon arriving at U of T. Looking for opportunities to practice my conversational Mandarin, Cantonese, and French.

Personal Reflective Statement: "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams.” - Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist